Whiteface 1-11-09

First trip to Whiteface this season. Took the short bus with Greg and Tim. That thing hauls the way Tim drives. Reached for the 'oh shit' handles multiple times in the back seat. Arrived at the mountain around 9. Very cold, perfect bluebird day.



Today was strictly groomers. Trails were in great shape, very little ice. Watched Tim and Greg carve all day. Tim is very fast. Greg has great technique. After a few runs a got separated and while waiting at a chair lift for them to show up I saw a funny low speed crash. Tim and Greg never turned up so I took the new Lookout triple and check out some of the new terrain. This is Hoyt's High, it is a black diamond on the new Lookout Peak. It think it is much steeper toward the top but it wasn't open yet. Here's another view of Hoyt's High. View from the summit of Lookout Peak. This is Lookout Below on the right, another diamond that cuts down to Lookout triple from Wilmington trail, which is a long cruiser which goes all the way back to the base.

After lunch headed to the summit and came down Skyward which had just been opened. Man, a steep leg burner is tough right after lunch and the 3200' of vert to the bottom was killer. I decided after this trip that I need to work on my carving more.